Personnal lives or reckless?

[Still Riding]

i have a question as nurses when should it be a "you should know better because your a medical professional" or if it is just living out lives?

see i often wonder if my hobby is one of recklessness or not. i ride horses, but not only ride its kind of a passion. i compete (or did last summer) and i do quite a bit of training. so here is the reckless part, i take 1500 pound animals to 4ft fences at quite an alarming pace (its faster than it looks). and if the horses get scared or just doesn't agree with my plans i can end up kissing the dirt or worse the fence or the horse's feet. i also start from scratch on several horses each summer, being the first one on a horse is an incredible feeling, and being with them as they start to understand that riding can be a fun and exiting.

i feel on top of the world when i'm riding and at the barn, i would never give up that feeling for anything. i know it is a dangerous hobby, and i have my riding injury list (a few to many broken bones, and 3 concussions) but to me it is worth it.

what hobbies do other nurses have that maybe could also be considered reckless or fall into the category or "you should know better"? i'm just trying to learn more about the people whose profession i will soon be joining.

thanx sr

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i reread and edited and some of the spelling and grammer, but i'm sure it's still not perfect:p

[MomRN0913]

The ER crew goes base jumping. We are medical professionals, not saints.

Like it was said, we don't stop living life because we know what has an element of danger.

Speeding is dangerous, but most of us do it.

I've been skydiving and I used to ride on the back of my exH's motorcycle.

I limit my bad for me foods. I drink in moderation, I watch myself.

I still live.

[Wrench Party]

Things I do that could be considered too dangerous:

-bike commute in a novice bike-friendly town (they're working on the infrastructure and education)

-ride horses

-open water swim

I've been riding since I was 8, my whole family rides and we never had a serious accident. My brother had the worst broken bones in my family, and that was from falling off a concrete step onto his arms.

Heck, even my parents ride at 55 and 60 and nothing would pry them off a saddle. Do it because you want to.